Besides humans, very few mammals receive care from their fathers. But when species do, it may benefit their children. New ...

As humanity’s closest cousins in the animal kingdom, primates offer a fascinating look at complex social behavior in the wild ...

In the Cape Peninsula of South Africa, the research team studied 78 distinct travel movements of a group of wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus).In their 36-day trial, clear patterns emerged in the ...

Observing the same group of wild baboons for over a decade, primatologist Anna Weyher says their individual personalities begin to stand out. One baboon named Simon was a good father, a “nice ...

Archie added, “Males seem to sort of expand a child’s social network, as they can be popular members of their social group. "Lots of baboons are coming up and interacting with the male.

Now, using high-resolution GPS tracking, researchers from Swansea University have re-examined this behavior in a group of wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) on South Africa's Cape Peninsula.

The researchers say that could be because male baboons sometimes intervene on behalf of offspring in conflicts, protecting their daughters, and even the mothers, from other group members.

An animal rights group submitted a petition with 40,000 signatures to the Eastern Virginia Medical School Board of Visitors on Tuesday demanding the school stop using baboons for experiments aimed … ...

Two of the large male baboons, upon spotting the cheetahs, began alarm calling, as described by Escape Safari’s Mike Sutherland, who was leading a group on the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve at a time ...

Corinna Most, an adjunct assistant professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology at Iowa State University, with students at the Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project in summer 2023. The group included, ...